All-female founding teams received only 0.3 per cent of VC investment in the past decade
With less than one per cent of venture capital (VC) funding in the UK going to female entrepreneurs, yet with one in four women are trying to launch a new business since the pandemic, action is needed to address the balance, petition founder urges
$750m Series F funding brings total investment amount raised by RPA specialist to $2bn
Cloud commerce platform had previously raised $64m in funding
Government will sink £250m into the fund and expects remaining half to be matched by private investors
The UK secured 33 per cent of all European tech investment in 2019
Money will be used for M&A and to expand engineering teams
AI security vendor will use cash to accelerate global expansion
Storage vendor's chief exec reveals obstacles to going public
Investment follows on from companys' Azure partnership